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1. you'd have to stop the world just to stop the feeling by mandyskank0vich

   Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)  

   • Not Rated
   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Major Character Death
   • M/M
   • Complete Work

   03 Jan 2026

   Tags

   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • Major Character Death
   • Will Byers/Will Byers's Epilogue Boyfriend
   • Will Byers & Mike Wheeler
   • Mike Wheeler
   • Will Byers
   • Will Byers's Epilogue Boyfriend
   • Dead Dove: Do Not Eat
   • Crack Treated Seriously
   • This Is STUPID
   • im bored
   • sorry mike wheeler I love you its just that ur closeted and im bored
   • Closeted Mike Wheeler
   • Mike Wheeler Loves Will Byers
   • Will Byers Deserves Love
   • Gay Will Byers
   • Bisexual Mike Wheeler
   • New York City
   • mike wheeler and will Byers are both 53 in this
   • holy unc
   • How Do I Tag
   • Angst with a Sad Ending
   • Suicide
   • Gun Violence
   • mike shoots himself so um yeah be aware
   • Song: Good Luck Babe! (Chappell Roan)
   • Alternate Universe - Modern Setting
   • Mike Wheeler Has Internalized Homophobia
   • Mike Wheeler Has Issues
   • Mike Wheeler Needs a Hug
   • POV Mike Wheeler
   • Author is a Mike Wheeler Apologist
   • Mike Wheeler-centric
   • I'm Bad at Tagging

   Summary

   ( NOT MY ORIGINAL IDEA!!! )

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   the only thing mike had left to hang onto is that there was once a time. once a time when will was in love with him. and what did mike do? he just stood there. 

    

   he hadn't fully found out the full story until years later. at the time, it was played off as a silly crush, but they both knew better.

    

   mike knew better.

    

   no matter how hard he’d try to let go, he couldn’t, even 36 years later.

    

   but will was happy. and mike wasn't. in the end, he’d only weigh him down, right? so why sacrifice will's happiness for something as selfish as self-pity?

    

   OR

   unc mike listens to good luck babe for the first time and just fucking pulls the trigger

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